Biography

Kevin Mooney is an investigative reporter who writes for several publications based in the Washington D.C. area. He is currently an investigative reporter with The Daily Signal, the multimedia news publication of The Heritage Foundation. He also writes for National Review, The American Spectator, The Daily Caller, Forbes Magazine, The Washington Free Beacon, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Examiner, The Washington Times and the publications of the Capital Research Center. Kevin has also worked with several free market think tanks associated with The State Policy Network including The Pelican Institute in New Orleans and the Rhode Island Center for Freedom Prosperity.

Kevin previously reported for Breitbart.com, and its affiliated websites and for NetRightDaily.com, a publication of Americans for Limited Government, a free market think tank based in Fairfax, Va. When he first arrived in Washington D.C., in 2006, he wrote and reported for CNSNews.com and NewsBusters, which are publications of the Media Research Center.

Kevin specializes in reporting on the environmental movement, its impact on economic activity and new scientific data that questions the premise of man-made global warming. Another special area of interest concerns the actions of organized labor and its impact on public policy and the free market.

Kevin has also appeared on several Fox News programs including the Tucker Carlson program where he discussed the financial relationship between the Russian government and the U.S. enviornmental movement. He also appeared on the Glenn Beck program to discuss the connection between organized labor and the now defunct Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Kevin was also the first to report on the taxpayer funding made available to ACORN in midst of voter fraud activity that involved ACORN and its operatives in the 2008 election cycle.

Prior to arriving in Washington D.C., Kevin worked as a reporter for the Trenton Times and Forbes Newspapers in New Jersey. He also held editorial positions with Dow Jones and Company and Bloomberg News in Princeton, N.J. In 2017, Kevin received his Fourth Degree (also known as the Patriotic Degree) in the Knights of Columbus. He belongs to the Bishop Griffin Assembly in N.J.